Hydro Park
Hydro Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 185 m. Honsocker Knob stands 493 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Boston Hill, a peak 1.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 24 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 185 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 14.3 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- 20.7 mi off the Drovers' Trail Scenic Byway
- 27.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiedaisch Point · 2 mi
- Suicide Hill · 28 mi
69 named places within 25 miles
- Lewis Wetzel Park: 1.2 mi
- Bruce Park: 1.2 mi
- North Street Historic District: 1.5 mi
- New Martinsville Downtown Historic District: 1.7 mi
- Brooklyn Park: 2.1 mi
- Boston Hill: 1.0 mi
- Duffy Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Jacobs: 3.6 mi
- Buck Knob: 6.8 mi
- Shepherd Hill: 12.5 mi
- Kiedaisch Point Park: 1.6 mi
- Clarington 254 Park: 6.4 mi
- Rothenbuhler Woods Nature Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Sunfish Creek State Forest: 10.2 mi
- Piatt Park Gorge & Cave Area: 12.1 mi
- Upper Piatt Falls: 12.2 mi
- Lower Piatt Falls: 12.2 mi
- Raven Rocks Falls: 17.4 mi
- Delf Norona Museum: 18.5 mi
- Fostoria Glass Museum: 18.6 mi
- National Imperial Glass Museum: 24.9 mi
- Spencer Cemetery: 22.1 mi
- Palace of Gold: 24.6 mi
- Glenn Rocks: 2.2 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 20.0 mi
- Kelsey: 20.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hydro Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honsocker Knob | E 84° | 493 m | 24.3 mi |
| Lough Knob | E 82° | 484 m | 20.7 mi |
| Culley Hill | ENE 60° | 475 m | 19.1 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | ENE 59° | 453 m | 20.2 mi |
| Owlshead | SE 127° | 442 m | 14.5 mi |
| Riggs Knob | NNE 24° | 435 m | 13.8 mi |
| Owlshead | SSW 198° | 434 m | 16.4 mi |
| Mount Jacobs | SE 135° | 421 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:20 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hannibal Locks & DAM, under a mile away.
- multiflora rose5 obs
- Ring-billed Gull3 obs
- American pokeweed3 obs
- bloodroot3 obs
- tree-of-heaven3 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail3 obs
- Asian bittersweet3 obs
- Ruddy Duck3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356534096
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